# Accident 20060730021909A: Cessna 180H, Chisholm, MN, July 30, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2006, 17:30 local time
- Place: Chisholm, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3867° N, 92.8389° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3867&lon=-92.8389&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3336T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3336T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180H (registry code 2072618, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 146 total, 146 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06CA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA209) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060730021909A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WHITE IRON LAKE (ELY, MN) AT 2:45 PM AFTER WAITING FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO PASS OUT OF THE AREA. OBTAINED CURRENT WEATHER INFORMATION FOR LONG LAKE LOCATED NEAR CHISHOLM, MN. FORECAST WAS FOR EASTERLY WINDS AT 10 KNOTS. UPON ARRIVAL AT LONG LAKE FOUND WINDS WERE NOW OUT OF THE SSW AT 20 KNOTS. CIRCLED LAKE TO EVALUATE SUITABLE APPROACH AND DECIDED TO APPROACH FROM THE NNE USING SHORT FIELD TECHNIQUE WITH AN APPROACH SPEED OF 70 KNOTS. ADDED AN ADDITIONAL 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS (30 TOTAL) AND SET UP TO LAND AIRCRAFT. AS AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON WATER A WESTERLY GUST LIFTED THE AIRCRAFT AND RIGHT WING UPWARDS. ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT AIRCRAFT ATTITUDE WITH AILERON, POWER AND RUDDER INPUT WHICH BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT BACK DOWN ON THE RIGHT HAND FLOAT. THE FLOAT DUG IN CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO OVERTURN. PILOT AND PASSENGERS EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY. BOTH WINGS AND ENGINE NACELLE WERE DAMAGED. WING DAMAGE WAS TO THE LEADING EDGES AND OUTBOARD OF STRUT ATTACHMENT POINT ON BOTH SIDES. ONLY THE LOWER HALF OF THE ENGINE NACELLE WAS DAMAGED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI06CA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA209), Jul 30, 2006: Cessna 180M (N3336T), Chisholm, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind condition. A factor associated with the accident was the gusty wind condition.

## Other reports on N3336T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19810725044869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810725044869A), Jul 25, 1981: Cessna 180 (N3336T), Greenville, ME, Substantial damage. Engine quit on low altitude sign-seeing flight. Landed in trees. No preimpact malfunctions noted.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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